Posts Tagged ‘Mint Linux’

Installing Apache MySQL, PHP and phpmyadmin on Linux Mint 13 Maya is very easy. You start by installing a small utility called tasksel which does most of it for you. sudo apt-get install tasksel Now you caninstall Apache2, php, MySQL all in one shot using the following command: sudo tasksel install lamp-server After this...

Installing Apache MySQL, PHP and phpmyadmin on Linux Mint Katya 11 is quite easy. You start by installing a small utility called tasksel sudo apt-get install tasksel Now you caninstall Apache2, php, MySQL all in one shot using the following command: sudo tasksel install lamp-server After this you would just need to install some...

If you love green then you ought to like Linux Mint which is Ubuntu spinoff. It is certainly one of the nicest looking Linux distros out there and being an Ubuntu spin-offs makes it reasonably stable and reliable too. Specially with Ubuntu Unity raking up a huge debate among *nix users regarding Unity’s usability...

Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal and its predecessors Ubuntu 10.10, Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS) etc use Grub2 and it is possible to change the grub theme from its drab black and white to something more refreshing. The instructions for doing so are included below. In addition you can also change the resolution of the Grub...

While there can be many possible contenders, Dedoimedo thinks that the best looking Linux Distribution is Mint Linux and we can’t agree more. Theoretically speaking any Linux distribution can be made to look like any other, but when we say best looking, of course it means best looking out of the box. There may...

Lets be frank, default menu that ships with Gnome, to put it mildly, isn’t that good. Mint Menu that ships with Mint Linux is a very workable and far more useful Menu. The good part is that you don’t need to switch to Mint Linux to use it. You can install and use it...

Ubuntu Tweak lets you look and change whats inside the hood of Ubuntu (or Linux Mint or other Ubuntu derivatives). Basically it provides a nice GU Interface to change settings which are otherwise not that straight forward, thereby allowing a more customized user experience. Installation on Maverick Meerkat is simple, first add the ppa...

VirtualBox 3.2 offers major improvements over the older 3.1 version. Key highlights include native support for Mac OS X server guests, support for latest Intel hardware including core i7, i5, i3 etc and in general improved overall performance. For details look here. You would have already noticed that it doesn’t get updated to the...

If you like green then you ought to like Mint Linux. It is certainly one of the good looking Linux distros out there and being an Ubuntu spin-offs makes it reasonably stable and reliable too. There is more to Mint than merely the “green” color, it sports a redone Start Menu with Windows 7...